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sweet gum n. 1. Any of several trees of the genus Liquidambar, especially L. styraciflua of North America and Central America, having palmately lobed leaves, prickly round hanging fruits, and wood used to make furniture. 2. The aromatic resin obtained from this tree.

sweet gum Liquidambar styraciflua

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sweet gum

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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a North American liquidambar tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap: the wood (called satin walnut) is used to make furniture Compare sour gum

2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) the sap of this tree Also called red gum

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweet gum - reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture hazelwood, satin walnut, red gum gumwood, gum - wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum
	2.	sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree liquidambar American sweet gum, bilsted, Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum tree, sweet gum, red gum - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
	3.	sweet gum - a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap American sweet gum, bilsted, Liquidambar styraciflua, sweet gum tree, red gum genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar - sweet gum liquidambar - any tree of the genus Liquidambar liquidambar, sweet gum - aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree